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decent CD/SACD/DVD-A Player for 2 channel Audio on

I'm looking for a CD/SACD/DVD-A player that will be used for audio only. I predominantly listed to CD's but I do have a small and growing collection of 2 channel SACD and DVD-A discs. I'm looking for a player that has excellent CD capabilities as well as DVD-A and SACD. I'm not at all concerned about video quality. I'm running this through a NAD 320BEE Integrated AMP (as a pre) and biwired/amped through a pair of ATI 602's. Monitors are PMC TB2+ (and soon to me a matching PMC sub, just not sure which one yet). I like very neutral sounding music with an emphasis on vocals and would like the player to support this. Price range I'm looking at would be approx 1K USD. I'm open to used if anyone has anything available.

You're advice is appreciated.
mrgman
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jackaroe
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I have been quite pleased with the McCormack UDP1 that I bought about 2 years ago. I actually did a downgrade from a Krell DVD Standard. Although I am not a huge fan of Krell gear as I have had a bunch of it over the years and my tastes have moved me to more analogish type gear, the DVD Standard was a great piece after one finally got it set up. The video quality was superb, the best I've ever seen, as it should be for 8k. When I stepped down to the Mac the only real noticable jump down was the video quality which according to your needs may not mean anything. The mac is a very good universal that does all the formats you are looking for. Retail of 3500 but can be had a big discounts with a little work. I got mine new on the Gon for 2k.
Good Luck,
Jackaroe
accent
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Some guy has a SD9100 for $150 on here that is a great unit ,and you could hotrod it with a superclock 3 and just use it as a transport and save some cash.
MMM
mrgman OP
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Thanks for the responses. I've been mulling it over and feel that a dedicated CD player will better suit my needs. I have a Denon universal for my basement setup and can use it for my SACD/DVD-A content. The upstairs 2 channel setup that I'm discussing here will be fine with a CD only player as the vast majority of my music is CD and probably will remain that way for a long time. Sooooo... the question now is what sort of dedicated CD player would you recommend for 1000 to 1500+ CAD?
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